The comedy duo only lasted two commercials, but the haunting memories will last a lifetime. The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Jerry & Dean, Kenan & Kel (think I covered a wide array of generations), these are comedy teams that did exactly the opposite of Seinfeld and Bill Gates. They made us laugh.

For those few who did enjoy the Circus Shoe store, and The Simple Life spoof commercials this is a sad day. As Microsoft has announced they are moving onto their next phase of advertising, which is going the ’sexual attraction’ route.

Here’s a quote from Chris Flores, from the official Windows Vista Blog…

“So there seems to be the rumor running around that we’re supposedly cancelling our Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld ads tomorrow. I wouldn’t count on anything being “cancelled”. It was always the plan to have Jerry Seinfeld in the first phase of the campaign and not a part of every ad. Instead, our Windows Consumer Campaign is moving into the next phase and we did mention previously that you should expect the campaign to evolve. I’ll direct you to a post by Stuart Elliott of The New York Times to shed some light on what’s next for our ad campaign.

More to come - stay tuned!”

The NYT article mentions Eva Longoria as being one of the celebrities who will be featured in Microsoft’s next wave of commercials. I guess when comedy fails, attract them with Eva Longoria (not complaining btw).

(Source: ZDNet)

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